While creativity helps people solve difficult problems, it also makes them more likely to cheat than less creative people, claims new research that suggests creativity increases a person’s ability to rationalize their cheating. Lead researcher Francesca Gino, of Harvard University, conducted a series of five experiments to test the hypothesis that more creative people would […]
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More Evidence For Link Between Mood Disorders And Creativity
Evidence is growing that a link exists between mood disorders and creativity, say researchers from Stanford University. They’ve shown for the first time that children who either have, or are at high risk for, bipolar disorder (manic-depressiveness) score higher on a creativity index than healthy children. It also seems that children with bipolar parents – […]
Electrokinetic Generation May Challenge Solar, Wind Power
A team of researchers in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta (U of A) has discovered a new way of generating electricity from flowing water. It may soon be possible to never have to charge up a cellular phone again instead, the phone could be fitted with a battery that uses pressurized […]